Croup

Isaac woke up early Tuesday morning, almost a week ago, with a croupy cough. His breathing became more difficult, getting worse at night, causing a trip to the hospital. Upper Respiratory Infection, aka. a cold, which is a viral infection of the air passages leading to the lungs. It caused Croup, which is inflammation of the larynx, and in young kids and babies, with smaller throats, this can be scary. They gave him a steroid to open up his air passages that should last 72 hours. It lasted 72 hours but he wasn't better, his breathing got worse and he began having wheezing, coughing attacks. Papa's nebulizer came in handy to help him breath, but Friday night we had to go to the hospital again. It's so hard watching your child struggling to breath and their little body shaking with every cough.
Monday morning he woke up sounding a lot better, just in time to see his Dr. for follow-up. Everything checked out normal and healthy, except an awful sounding cough, but finally he is getting better! In fact, he jumped up on the table and sang (through a mask) to the whole doctor's office! :)